Selection of beverage mixtures

Abstract

Methods are disclosed of providing a beverage serving to a customer. An indication of a color selected by the customer from a chart is received. The beverage serving is produced with a base beverage and at least one additive in a proportion that causes the beverage serving to have a color approximating the selected color. The produced beverage serving is delivered to the customer.

1 . A method of providing a beverage serving to a customer, the method comprising:
 receiving an indication of a color selected by the customer from a chart;   producing the beverage serving comprising a base beverage and at least one additive in a proportion that causes the beverage serving to have a color approximating the selected color; and   delivering the produced beverage serving to the customer.   
   
   
       2 . The method recited in  claim 1  wherein the chart comprises a plurality of colors ordered from a lighter hue to a darker hue. 
   
   
       3 . The method recited in  claim 2  wherein:
 the chart includes a plurality of identifiers, each such identifier being associated with one of the plurality of colors; and   receiving the indication of the color selected by the customer comprises receiving one of the plurality of identifiers.   
   
   
       4 . The method recited in  claim 1  wherein receiving the indication of the color selected by the customer comprises receiving the indication at a device. 
   
   
       5 . The method recited in  claim 4  further comprising communicating the color selected by the customer from the device to a clerk. 
   
   
       6 . The method recited in  claim 4  further comprising preparing the beverage serving in the proportion that causes the beverage serving to have a color approximating the selected color with the device. 
   
   
       7 . The method recited in  claim 1  wherein:
 the base beverage comprises coffee; and   the additive comprises a creamer.   
   
   
       8 . A method of producing a coffee serving to a customer, the method comprising:
 receiving an indication of a color selected by the customer from a chart;   producing the coffee serving comprising coffee and creamer in a proportion that causes the coffee serving to have a color approximating the selected color; and   delivering the produced coffee serving to the customer.   
   
   
       9 . The method recited in  claim 8  wherein the chart comprises a plurality of colors ordered from a lighter hue to a darker hue. 
   
   
       10 . The method recited in  claim 9  wherein:
 the chart includes a plurality of identifiers, each such identifier being associated with one of the plurality of colors; and   receiving the indication of the color selected by the customer comprises receiving one of the plurality of identifiers.   
   
   
       11 . The method recited in  claim 8  wherein receiving the indication of the color selected by the customer comprises receiving the indication at a device. 
   
   
       12 . The method recited in  claim 11  further comprising communicating the color selected by the customer from the device to a clerk. 
   
   
       13 . The method recited in  claim 11  further comprising preparing the coffee serving in the proportion that causes the coffee serving to have a color approximating the selected color with the device. 
   
   
       14 . A chart comprising:
 a plurality of colors, each color corresponding to a color produced by a mixture of coffee and creamer in a particular proportion; and   a plurality of identifiers, each such identifier being associated with one of the plurality of colors.   
   
   
       15 . The chart recited in  claim 14  wherein the plurality of colors are ordered from a lighter hue to a darker hue. 
   
   
       16 . A system for producing a beverage serving to a customer, the system comprising:
 an input device having instructions to receive an indication of a color selected by the customer from a chart; and   a production device having instructions to produce the beverage serving comprising a base beverage and at least one additive in a proportion that causes the beverage serving to have a color approximating the selected color.   
   
   
       17 . The system recited in  claim 16  wherein the chart comprises a plurality of colors ordered from a lighter hue to a darker hue. 
   
   
       18 . The system recited in  claim 17  wherein;
 the chart includes a plurality of identifiers, each such identifier being associated with one of the plurality of colors; and   the instructions to receive the indication of the color selected by the customer comprise instructions to receive one of the plurality of identifiers.   
   
   
       19 . The system recited in  claim 16  wherein:
 the base beverage comprises coffee; and   the additive comprises a creamer.